Edmund Optics® offers the world’s largest inventory of commercial-off-the-shelf optical components for easy integration into a wide range of applications. These products are fully characterized with design and prescription files that allow quick and easy modeling, as well as functionalized analysis. By partnering with Edmund Optics® at the beginning of the design process, designers of systems serving the defense industry can rapidly produce prototypes and quickly bring products to full rate production.

IR Molding Capabilities

(L) Thermal Imaging, (R) IR Molding

Ideally Suited for Volume Defense, Life Sciences, and Industrial Applications

High Precision Molding of Nontraditional Materials to Support OEM Production at a Competitive Price

Quality and Metrology Capabilities

Automated Equipment for Optical Parameters such as EFL, Distortion, Field Curvature, and Concentricity

Radiometrics: Straylight, Veiling Glare, etc

Semi-Automated MTF Measurement Equipment

Environmental Testing Equipment such as Vibration, Humidity, and Immersion

COTS Optical Components

COTS Windows

COTS Windows are used in defense or security applications to separate multiple environments. COTS Windows are designed to protect sensitive optical components or people from harmful laser beams. COTS Windows use a variety of substrates, coatings, or a combination of the two to reflect only specific wavelengths. COTS Windows are a low cost alternative to developing custom optical windows. COTS Windows designed for use in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared are available.

COTS Prisms are used to reflect or redirect light in a wide variety of defense or security applications. COTS Prisms use a variety of substrates, coatings, or a combination of the two to redirect particular wavelengths at specific angles. COTS Prisms are a low cost alternative to expensive custom components. Edmund Optics offers a wide variety of COTS Prisms.

COTS Beamsplitters are used to split a laser beam into separate beams in defense or security applications. COTS Beamsplitters use a variety of substrates, coatings, or a combination of the two to reflect a portion of the laser beam while transmitting the rest. COTS Beamsplitters are low cost alternatives to expensive custom components. A wide range of beamsplitters are available to meet the needs of many applications.

COTS Lenses are used to focus or diverge light for many defense or security applications. COTS Lenses feature a range of substrates, coatings, or a combination of the two for optimized performance in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared. COTS Lenses may also be used to correct image aberrations. COTS Lenses are an excellent, low cost alternative to expensive custom components. Products designed for a wide range of wavelengths are available for a variety of applications’ needs.

COTS Optics

COTS Filters and Polarizers are used to transmit certain wavelengths or polarization states of light for a range of defense or security applications. COTS Filters are designed to transmit a certain wavelength or wavelengths while reflecting unwanted wavelengths. COTS Polarizers transmit only specific polarizations of light. COTS Filters and Polarizers are an easier, low cost alternative to developing similar custom components. Products designed for different wavelengths or polarizations are available to suit many applications’ needs.

Filter Type

Wavelength Range

Optical Densities

Single Substrate Bandpass Filters

0.3 - 2.0 µm

≥4, ≥6

Traditional Bandpass Filters

0.193 - 10.6 µm

≥3, ≥4

Notch Filters

0.355 - 1.064 µm

≥6

Longpass Filters

0.266 - 7.3 µm

≥2, ≥4

Shortpass Filters

0.4 - 1.6 µm

≥2, ≥4

Dichroic Filters

0.4 - 1.2 µm

N/A

Color Glass Filters

0.285 - 1.0 µm

N/A

Neutral Density Filters

UV, VIS, NIR, IR

0.1 - 4.0

COTS Assemblies

COTS Assemblies are used to provide imaging or beam manipulation capabilities to a wide range of defense applications. COTS Assemblies consist of a selection of products such as objectives, lenses, or beam shapers designed to be easily integrated into defense systems. COTS Assemblies offer a quicker, lower cost alternative to developing custom optical components. A wide variety of COTS Assemblies are available for a range of applications’ needs.